[BlueOnyx:07624] Re: How do I enable the extra 4gb of memory I have......

[Gerald Waugh]

Support wrote:
> I have installed the PAE kernel with;
> 
> yum install kernel-PAE
> 
> ... and then I edited /boot/grub/grub.conf and set;
> 
> default=0
> timeout=5
> splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
> hiddenmenu
> title CentOS (2.6.18-238.12.1.el5PAE)
>         root (hd0,0)
>         kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.18-238.12.1.el5PAE ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/root
>         initrd /initrd-2.6.18-238.12.1.el5PAE.img
> title CentOS (2.6.18-238.12.1.el5)
>         root (hd0,0)
>         kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.18-238.12.1.el5 ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/root
>         initrd /initrd-2.6.18-238.12.1.el5.img
> title CentOS (2.6.18-238.9.1.el5)
>         root (hd0,0)
>         kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.18-238.9.1.el5 ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/root
>         initrd /initrd-2.6.18-238.9.1.el5.img
> 
> But I see;
> 
> Kernel Version	2.6.18-238.12.1.el5PAE (SMP)
> 
> In Hardware Information and in 'free' I see;
> 
>              total       used       free     shared    buffers     cached
> Mem:       4086620     288768    3797852          0      18996     152596
> -/+ buffers/cache:     117176    3969444
> Swap:      4194296          0    4194296
> 
> ... so I assume that I have only 4GB memory used.
> 
> Not sure what to do next, does anyone have any suggestions?
> 
> Oh and the hardware: DL360G4 with 8GB memory and dual 3.4 processors.
> 

reboot


-- 
Gerald